Survival in the Mist: From a Dilapidated Wooden Hut to a Heavenly Palace in the Clouds

Chapter 51 Temperatures Rise

"A breeding box is easy to understand; it's used to raise wild animals."

Despite being called a breeding box, it's quite large, measuring approximately fifty square meters.

Animals kept in breeding terrariums will grow faster, and when they reach the breeding season, their reproduction rate will also increase.

However, based on my experimental results, it works better on young animals in terms of increasing growth rate, but has negligible effect on adult animals.

"You tested it yourself?"

Mo Ming peeked out with a sly grin, his smile malicious.

Snapped!

Song Yufei slapped him on the head with a dark expression.

"Go to hell! Be serious!"

"it hurts."

Song Yufei rolled her eyes at Mo Ming and continued her introduction.

"The Holy Light Shield is the golden shield I told you about before, which can withstand external attacks."

It can now withstand attacks from Emerald-level enemies, but I haven't experienced attacks from Deep Blue-level enemies, so I doubt it would be effective.

Mo Ming nodded slightly. "It seems your shelter is quite safe!"

How about the pets?

When pets were mentioned, Song Yufei looked proud. "I have four pets, all of them are Emerald Green level. Aren't they amazing!"

Two jade lions, a flower fairy, and a giant hunting dog.

During the last beast tide, aside from the Holy Light shield, the entire operation was completed thanks to their combined efforts with the steel cannons.

Mo Ming was secretly looking forward to seeing what kind of interesting expression this little girl would have when she saw her pet.

"Haha, that's awesome, that's awesome."

"I also raise a litter of wild rabbits, about 24 of them now."

The area around the shelter was rocky and the geology was poor, so there weren't many crops. The only thing that survived was a patch of barbed wire planted around the shelter's fence.

"Wait a minute, you raise so many rabbits and you still ask me for meat every day, but you never even offer to treat me to some rabbit meat!"

Mo Ming was filled with righteous indignation. He was almost being eaten out of his own pocket by her, but she was raising a whole litter of rabbits and not eating them, but keeping them to breed.

It seems like they're just keeping them to have babies!

"Um... don't worry about the details, they're just thinking about long-term development."

"you……"

"Alright, alright, before the rating is done, what's mine is yours, okay? I'll treat you to a meal later, alright?"

"Oh? Are you sure?"

Seeing Mo Ming's increasingly lewd expression, Song Yufei suddenly had an urge to slap him to death.

"Um... are you sure?"

"What's yours is mine? What about yours?"

"What about me?"

"Aaaaah, Mo Ming, you're flirting with me again! Go to hell!"

Once she realized what was happening, Song Yufei's face immediately turned as red as an apple.

It lunged at Mo Ming with its claws outstretched.

"I was wrong, I was wrong."

"Tell me, do you dare to do it again?"

"Grandma, I won't do it again!"

"Hmph! I'll spare you for now."

……

After joking around for a while, the two got back to their serious topic.

"On my workbench, besides some blueprints for living facilities, the only things of value are the quarrying machine, the steel cannon, and the watchtower."

Oh, right, there's also a blueprint for a catapult that can launch stones automatically, but you have to manually load them, so I'm too lazy to bother with it.

Mo Ming was trembling with anger. What do you mean you're too lazy to do it manually? You just want to be fed the food?

You're tired of taking even one extra step? You're just going to let such a powerful home-guarding machine gather dust on your workbench?

I said anything when Lao Tzu loaded thousands of iron crossbow bolts himself?

Lady Luck, why don't you give me the luck you gave her in the future?

She's infuriating! What a spendthrift woman!

"I only have one thing to say: Lady Luck is so unfair, I'm crying!"

"Cackle, cluck, cluck~"

"Stop joking, let me ask you a question: are the materials used to manufacture catapults complicated?" Joking aside, Mo Ming quickly got back to the point.

"It's alright. I remember it was 80 units of wood, 60 units of stone, and 10 units of iron."

"Well, that's relatively simple. I think we should build more catapults to enhance the safety of the shelter."

For survivors, the most important thing is survival time, and the most important factors affecting survival time are nothing more than two: the safety of the shelter and the abundance of food and other living supplies.

“Hmm, you’re right,” Song Yufei replied thoughtfully to Mo Ming.

"I analyzed the key factors for this rating and found that there are two aspects."

So our main goals going forward, besides gathering as many upgrade materials as possible, are to improve the safety of our shelter and collect essential supplies.

Resources like the rabbits you raise and the crops I grow are key targets for sustainable development.

Having understood Mo Ming's meaning, Song Yufei narrowed her eyes and frowned slightly, as if she was trying hard to recall something.

"what happened?"

Seeing the change in Song Yufei, Mo Ming asked.

“I remember there was a brood of goats on the cliff behind my shelter.”

I don't quite remember the exact location.

Approximately how many do you need?

"I only saw them from a distance, so I don't know exactly how many there were, but there were at least ten or more."

"That's great! I'll take Xiao Jin with me and let it look for something. If it can be kept in captivity, it can be used in hot pot later."

Upon hearing the word "hot pot," Song Yufei's eyes practically lit up. "Lamb hot pot?"

"Yes."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go now!"

"You really go all out when it comes to food! It's still freezing cold, are you trying to kill yourself?"

"Hehe, I'm just so excited!"

……

It has to be said that time flies when you have someone to talk to.

The two discussed their plans while eating corn, occasionally bickering and teasing each other. Mo Ming even wished that time could stand still at this moment.

But that was just a hope, not reality.

The eight-hour period of extreme cold was about to end, and Mo Ming and Song Yufei were ready to go outside.

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[Notice: The extreme cold has ended, temperatures are starting to rise, and the cold wave is nearing its end. Survivors, please take advantage of this comfortable period and work to improve the safety of your shelters!]

With the announcement, the eight-hour period of extreme cold came to an end.

"Come on, little girl, let me show you around my shelter."

The two climbed out of the temperature-controlled cellar through the passage and arrived at the bronze hall.

"Take a look around first, I'll go get you some fruit wine."

Song Yufei didn't stand on ceremony, looking left and touching right like a curious child.

"Mo Ming, your bathroom is so grand! It even has a separate shower with both hot and cold water!"

I love this big bathtub!

"Haha, it's okay."

Can I take a bubble bath?

"If you're not afraid I'll peek, go ahead, there's plenty of water."

"Hmph! You filthy scoundrel."

"Huh? This well is strange. It's called... the Double Beast Square Well."